diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleCommunication.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleCommunication.java
index ce636e5447a8..ac3535b99bd9 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleCommunication.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleCommunication.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class PydevConsoleCommunication extends AbstractConsoleCommunication impl
   private PythonDebugConsoleCommunication myDebugCommunication;
   private boolean myNeedsMore = false;
 
-  private PythonConsoleView myConsoleView;
+  private @Nullable PythonConsoleView myConsoleView;
   private List<PyFrameListener> myFrameListeners = ContainerUtil.createLockFreeCopyOnWriteList();
 
   /**
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ public class PydevConsoleCommunication extends AbstractConsoleCommunication impl
       return execNotifyAboutMagic(params);
     }
     else if ("ShowConsole".equals(method)) {
-      myConsoleView.setConsoleEnabled(true);
+      if (myConsoleView != null) {
+        myConsoleView.setConsoleEnabled(true);
+      }
       return "";
     }
     else {
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ public class PydevConsoleCommunication extends AbstractConsoleCommunication impl
       return; //TODO: handle text input and other cases
     }
     nextResponse = null;
-    if (waitingForInput && myConsoleView.isInitialized()) {
+    if (waitingForInput && myConsoleView != null && myConsoleView.isInitialized()) {
       inputReceived = command.getText();
       waitingForInput = false;
       //the thread that we started in the last exec is still alive if we were waiting for an input.
@@ -791,7 +793,7 @@ public class PydevConsoleCommunication extends AbstractConsoleCommunication impl
     }
   }
 
-  public void setConsoleView(PythonConsoleView consoleView) {
+  public void setConsoleView(@Nullable PythonConsoleView consoleView) {
     myConsoleView = consoleView;
   }
 
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleRunnerImpl.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleRunnerImpl.java
index a2fd4a56d806..c5d19c763988 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleRunnerImpl.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PydevConsoleRunnerImpl.java
@@ -607,8 +607,9 @@ public class PydevConsoleRunnerImpl implements PydevConsoleRunner {
       // Init console view
       myConsoleView = createConsoleView();
       if (myConsoleView != null) {
-        ((JComponent)myConsoleView).setBorder(new SideBorder(JBColor.border(), SideBorder.LEFT));
+        myConsoleView.setBorder(new SideBorder(JBColor.border(), SideBorder.LEFT));
       }
+      myPydevConsoleCommunication.setConsoleView(myConsoleView);
       myProcessHandler = createProcessHandler(process);
 
       myConsoleExecuteActionHandler = createExecuteActionHandler();